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Tim Purbrick @TimPurbrick

Tanks. Media & Comms. Stolen plant and art recovery. Art dealing. Solar PV. Military Cultural Property Protection. Views own etc.

Joined August 2012
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Tim Purbrick@TimPurbrick
13 Feb 2024
Love the intro @LadyFosp!
Helen Fospero@LadyFosp
12 Feb 2024
Sound 🆙 Lt Col @TimPurbrick on setting up the @BritishArmy unit to defend & preserve the world’s greatest cultural treasures & how his @UNESCO course is helping in Ukraine. We also talk tanks, George Clooney & Kiera Knightley! D’load podcast @ convex.podbean.com @ConvexIn
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BFBS Forces News
@ForcesNews
8 Sep 2025
Throughout history, mules and horses have carried some of the military's heaviest loads🐴🥵 Now, Royal Marines are learning firsthand just how invaluable these four-legged soldiers can be!💪⬇️ youtu.be/g99lAE6FGU4?feature…
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Military horses: x.com/timpurbrick/status/147… #EquineOperations

Terytorialsi | Zawsze Gotowi, Zawsze Blisko!
@terytorialsi
16 Mar 2025
🐴 Grupa Konna 19 Nadbużańskiej Brygady Obrony Terytorialnej we współpracy ze Stadniną Koni Białka, na wspólnym szkoleniu młodych koni do celów wojskowych. 👉 Konie powierzone do szkolenia to młode konie czystej krwi arabskiej z rocznika 2022. Żołnierze zrealizowali pierwszy etap szkolenia – praca z ziemi. Od surowych koni przeszli do osiodłanych, pracujących na lonży w trzech chodach, z uwzględnieniem zmian tempa i zatrzymania na komendy głosowe. Część koni w trakcie szkolenia pracowała pod jeźdźcem w siodle. Żołnierze zastosowali mieszane metody szkolenia, dostosowane indywidualnie do każdego konia – jeździectwo naturalne (natural horsemanship) połączone z regulaminami kawalerii dotyczącymi procedur wyszkolenia koni. ℹ️ W 19 Nadbużańskiej Brygadzie OT powstaje ośrodek szkolenia konnego, w którym nowe umiejętności będą zdobywać żołnierze z sekcji konnych innych Brygad OT. #WojskaObronyTerytorialnej #WOT #Terytorialsi #19NBOT #Konie #Szkolenie #Rozwój
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RT @BurggrabenH: Excellent summary by former head of MI6, Sir Alex Younger, of this new era in geopolitics…adapt or die t.co/Dq1vc…
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Euromaidan Press
@EuromaidanPress
19 Feb 2025
Russian shelling destroyed a historic wooden church in eastern Ukraine. The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Andriivka of Donetsk Oblast was built in 1795-1797, making it one of the oldest churches in eastern Ukraine. It was the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), which had strong ties with the Russian Orthodox Church before the full-scale invasion of 2022. As of February, Russian forces have damaged or destroyed 642 religious buildings across Ukraine, including 596 Christian churches. 📷pokrovvicariate Telegram
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Good ending to 70th Anniversary year with @DefenceU establishing a #MilitaryCPP unit after @UNESCO delivery of military #CPP training course in #Kyiv in August - trialed in #Tallinn with @Kaitsevagi in January. #CulturalPropertyProtection #RespectAndProtect #HagueConvention 🪖🏛️
UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳
@UNESCO
28 Dec 2024
This year, we marked 70 years of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict—a cornerstone in the global effort to safeguard heritage in times of crisis. More about UNESCO’s work to #ProtectHeritage: unes.co/0oo2z4 #YearInReview
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Cultural property trafficking. UK Del @OSCE: • Need for international co-op. • Importance of OSCE’s Heritage Crime Task Force, @metpoliceuk Art & Antiques Unit, @HSI_HQ and @INTERPOL_HQ. • Need more provenance research by museums and the art market. gov.uk/government/speeches/t…

Trafficking of cultural property: UK statement to the OSCE

Emma Logan, UK Delegation to the OSCE, says that by disrupting cultural property trafficking, we can also disrupt broader Serious Organised Criminal activity.

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Check out the @ForcesNews report on military mule training with the @USMC #MWTC in #California. More on military mules and horses here: x.com/timpurbrick/status/147…
BFBS Forces News
@ForcesNews
25 Sep 2024
Check out the latest BFBS #ForcesNews daily Download: 🔵 The UK is sending 700 troops to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus ⚪ The head of the RAF says the control of space is the military’s ‘first duty’ 🟡 Lt Col Mike Carty becomes first Royal Marine to command a fast jet squadron
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Delivering @UNPeacekeeping (hard work anytime) can be improved if @UN Member States: • Provide unified political support • Give realistic, resourced mandates • Support innovative partnerships • Strengthen operations • Promote an understanding of peacekeeping’s limits 🪖🇺🇳
UN Peacekeeping
@UNPeacekeeping
22 Sep 2024
.@UN peacekeeping is the most effective tool that Member States have to protect & advance peace, but it is facing unprecedented hurdles. Head of UN Peace Operations @Lacroix_UN calls for a recommitment of Member States to advance global peace & security: ow.ly/lAye50TrUbf.
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‘Officers of the 18th Regiment of Bengal Lancers, Sialkote, 1899’ #ChristmasCard #BengalLancers 19th Lancers was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of 18th and 19th Lancers and allotted to Pakistan in 1947. Affiliated to @LDLightCav 🇬🇧🤝🇵🇰 📷@NAM_London
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Top secret WW2 1939 4 rotor #Enigma K-Model with additional lamp panel, serial No K374 for sale on 14 Sep at Auction Breker, est €80-120k. the-saleroom.com/en-gb/aucti…
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UK SERE adapts MI9’s IS9(WEA) patch. For more on MI9: 👉MI9 Escape & Evasion 1939-1945 by MRD Foot & JM Langley 👉MI9 A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two by @DrHelenFry 👉Saturday at MI9 by Airey Neave Tiny 🧙🧵👇 x.com/curatoremma/status/145…

John Hudson@JHSurvival
5 Sep 2024
The new UK SERE school badge. Featuring elements from our World War Two predecessors. Made by many masters.
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#Propaganda posters from the #WW2 🇬🇧Ministry of Information. Left - Freedom sold @CTauctioneers on 16 July for £3300. Right - 3x Keep Calm of differing sizes, saved by a Suffolk Police Constable, were sold by @NEAuctioneers on 4 July for a total of £7000. 📷@ATG_Editorial
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Last year the British Army’s @armycmc trained the Ukrainian Challenger 2 crews at Bovington, Lulworth and Warminster. Now they are, sources say, in action in Russia. Watch their training here: youtu.be/S9-Eghtai3s?feature… Documentary by Joe Cowen on behalf of @ForcesNews 🇺🇦🤝🇬🇧👊
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Protected cultural property. Named after Henry #Nevill, 2nd Earl of #Abergavenny: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_… #UnderwaterCulturalHeritage

Henry Nevill, 2nd Earl of Abergavenny - Wikipedia

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Historic England@HistoricEngland
14 Aug 2024
Good news! 🎉 The wreck of the Earl of Abergavenny, captained by John Wordsworth, brother of renowned Romantic poet William Wordsworth, has been granted protection! 👏 Find out more ➡️ bit.ly/EarlOfAbergavenny
A painting of a large historic ship at sea.

ALT A painting of a large historic ship at sea.

A photograph of a diver looking at a ship wreck.

ALT A photograph of a diver looking at a ship wreck.

A photograph of Cufflinks engraved with JW.

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A hugely enjoyable, worthwhile and rewarding privilege to deliver military cultural property protection training to @DefenceU officers in #Kyiv, alongside culture and justice trainers. #RespectAndProtect #CulturalPropertyProtection 🇺🇦🏛️🪖
UNESCO Kyiv
@UNESCO_kyiv
12 Aug 2024
For the first time in 🇺🇦 @UNESCO gathered military, cultural, and justice personnel for an intensive training on protecting Ukraine's cultural heritage. As war continues, the need to safeguard heritage is paramount. Learn more: unes.co/qgmt38 #ProtectHeritage
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The incidental tourist. #Kyiv is a beautiful city. It could be anywhere else in Europe, were it not for the…
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At #Irpin, just 40 mins from central Kyiv, which was temporarily occupied, the Cultural Centre, amongst many other buildings, was destroyed. Artists have reclaimed the outside of the building with, it appeared to me, this modern Guernica and, maybe, #Banksy has visited?
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Slava Ukrayini! Photos: 1) view east across the Dnipro River from the terrace of the Books and Printing Museum, 2) St Sophia’s 3) Altar Screen and 4) a floorplate. @unesco_kyiv #WorldHeritageSites
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